懮
How to Say
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Meaning: grievous
💡 Think: 'You' feel heart pain (忄) from sorrow (憂).
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Character Story & Explanation
懮 (yǒu) means 'grievous' or 'sorrowful', describing deep emotional pain. It is rarely used alone and appears mainly in classical literature. The radical 忄 (heart) indicates emotions, while the phonetic component 憂 (yōu) adds the sound. It's different from 忧 (yōu, worried).
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